The clip starts with Israeli celebrities Ofra Haza and Dan Shilon singing the song on stage, but after about a minute and a half they descend to Bibi and Peres, who stand and somewhat awkwardly sing along. Bibi — who wrote not one[2] but two[3] Facebook posts mourning Einstein yesterday — adds his confident baritone to the melody. Peres, though, doesn’t appear to know the words to one of Israel’s most famous songs. After joining in for the opening line, his mouth hardly moves.

The video’s description says it was shot in 1995 and calls Bibi the prime minister and Peres former prime minister. But in 1995, Bibi led the Knesset opposition while Peres served as foreign minister under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. One year later, Bibi would edge Peres out in an upset election victory.

Einstein has not performed in front of an audience since the early 1980s following a road accident in which he was seriously injured.

His first album, “Shar Bisvilech” or “Singing for You,” was released in 1966. He was part of the rock band The High Windows with Shmulik Kraus and Israeli-American Josie Katz. He also formed the Lool, or Chicken Coop, comedy troupe.

His other well-known songs included “Oof Gozal” (Fly Away Chick) and “Sa Le’at" (Drive Slowly). See video clips of him performing by clicking the multimedia tab to the right.